Reclining Sunbeams

Well i´m knocked out by this one, taken today as the Sun was setting behind the mountain(on our Sunday walk).

I ran this thru Photomatix and i never thought it would come out like this, the mountains have texture, the sky not, never seen that before with any of my photo´s…..i like it,I like the texture, it´s a bit like a canvas or at least it,s got that feel to it. Good old Photomatix, you never know how it´s going to come out!

I took a chance here and I would´nt recommend shooting into the Sun,not without at least an ND filter anyway, but the sensor´s O.K (Got a Polarizer on the Sigma 70-300mm) perhaps that´s kept it O.K.